— Saint Anthony Falls Heritage Trail —
A natural spring flows from the rock at the base of Hennepin Bluff below this spot. According to tradition the iron-red mud at the spring provided pigment for Native Americans. White settlers of the 1850s believed the water had medicinal qualities. In 1875 the enterprising M.P.Pettingill capitalized on the popularity of the falls as a tourist mecca and health resort by building a spa and selling the water. The business was abandoned in the early 1880s when the source of the spring was traced to a dirty swamp some distance away.| HM Number | HMDV4 |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, September 8th, 2014 at 11:36am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15T E 480220 N 4980961 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 44.98181667, -93.25088333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 58.909', W 93° 15.053' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 58' 54.54" N, 93° 15' 3.18" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 612, 952, 651, 763 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 420 2nd St SE, Minneapolis MN 55414, US |
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